Pushcart War / Jean Merrill 222 p.

A tongue-in-check look at the war between the pushcarts and the mighty trucks. A historian is writing the definitive story based on research from documents, newspaper accounts, interviews, etc. The roads of New York City are so overcrowded that any movement is slower than even a snail’s pace. The truckers develop a plan to make their life easier and they take on 500 pushcarts first. The truckers seem to have all the advantages a corrupt mayor in their pocket, money, and size. The pushcarts have a secret weapon that brings traffic to a halt. And with each tactic of the truckers comes a counter tactic by the pushcarts. Merrill presents believable methodology of war and how it may affect thousands.